diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f7f27f872..5370d768c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Nmap Changelog ($Id$); -*-text-*-
 
+o Fixed where the time variable used in port scanning for comparison
+  to other times (for probe timeouts, etc) could result in different
+  behavior based on the debugging level. [Kris]
+
 o Moved the parse_long function from ncat to nbase for better reuse,
   and used it to simplify netmask parsing code. This patch was
   contributed by William Pursell.
diff --git a/scan_engine.cc b/scan_engine.cc
index 37ac1f704..fddca2dd9 100644
--- a/scan_engine.cc
+++ b/scan_engine.cc
@@ -3575,13 +3575,12 @@ static void doAnyOutstandingRetransmits(UltraScanInfo *USI) {
   unsigned int maxtries;
 
   struct timeval tv_start = {0};
-  if (o.debugging) {
-    gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
-    tv_start = USI->now;
-  }
 
   gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
 
+  if (o.debugging)
+    tv_start = USI->now;
+
   /* Loop until we get through all the hosts without a retransmit or we're not
      OK to send any more. */
   do {
@@ -3634,10 +3633,9 @@ static void doAnyOutstandingRetransmits(UltraScanInfo *USI) {
     }
   } while (USI->gstats->sendOK(NULL) && retrans != 0);
 
+  gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
   if (o.debugging) {
-    long tv_diff;
-    gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
-    tv_diff = TIMEVAL_MSEC_SUBTRACT(USI->now, tv_start);
+    long tv_diff = TIMEVAL_MSEC_SUBTRACT(USI->now, tv_start);
     if (tv_diff > 30) log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "%s took %lims\n", __func__, tv_diff);
   }
 }
@@ -4948,11 +4946,12 @@ static void processData(UltraScanInfo *USI) {
 
   bool tryno_capped = false, tryno_mayincrease = false;
   struct timeval tv_start = {0};
-  if (o.debugging) {
-    gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
+
+  gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
+
+  if (o.debugging)
     tv_start = USI->now;
-  }
-    
+
   /* First go through hosts and remove any completed ones from incompleteHosts */
   USI->removeCompletedHosts();
   if (USI->incompleteHostsEmpty())
@@ -5065,10 +5064,9 @@ static void processData(UltraScanInfo *USI) {
     }
   }
 
+  gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
   if (o.debugging) {
-    long tv_diff;
-    gettimeofday(&USI->now, NULL);
-    tv_diff = TIMEVAL_MSEC_SUBTRACT(USI->now, tv_start);
+    long tv_diff = TIMEVAL_MSEC_SUBTRACT(USI->now, tv_start);
     if (tv_diff > 30) log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "%s took %lims\n", __func__, tv_diff);
   }
 }